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An EU-based carbon removal (CDR) accelerator has announced the selection of eight startups for a development stage of its programme, including a 'negative emission' coal producer, a biochar firm, and a solution focused on decarbonising the construction sector.

The Enhanced Weathering Alliance (EWA) has denounced an “opaque” process for developing CO2 removal certification methodologies at EU level, calling on the European Commission to provide more clarity around timelines and deliverables.

Ursula von der Leyen pledged to “stay the course” on climate policy and focus on implementing the Green Deal in the coming five years as she seeks the European Parliament’s backing on Thursday for a second term as EU Commission President.

There has been a significant decline in the proportion of human-induced regeneration (HIR) ACCUs transacted in the Australia's brokered carbon market, according to recent data.

One of South Korea's largest securities firms has obtained carbon credits from an international project, the first financial company to do so in the country, it announced Thursday.

The UN Environment Programme Finance Initiative (UNEP FI) on Thursday launched a guide to help banks implement a circular economy as what it said is a critical way of conserving nature, combatting pollution, and reaching net zero.

Investigations underway after a blade on a massive Haliade-X wind turbine crumpled, leaving debris in the water and washing up on Nantucket beaches.

The post “Could detach soon:” Turbine blade failure shuts down pioneering US offshore wind farm appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Australian consumers deserve a legal right to repair beyond the warranty. If we fail to keep up with the UK and EU, we risk becoming a dumping ground for cheap and nasty appliances. Leanne Wiseman, Professor of Law, Griffith University, Griffith University Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

CEFC's Grace Tam on how green finance can turbo charge household electrification – and why access to service providers and information is just as important.

The post SwitchedOn Podcast: Households need information, not just discounted ‘green finance’ appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Zen Energy signs MoU to help power huge magnetite mine with firmed renewables, in move to underpin South Australia green iron production.

The post Zen inks deal to supply firmed renewables for iron ore mine with load “bigger than Olympic Dam” appeared first on RenewEconomy.

A sustainable project aims to repurpose encroacher bush to create building blocks to solve Namibia’s housing crisis

“People think the house would smell because the blocks are made of all-natural products, but it doesn’t smell,” says Kristine Haukongo. “Sometimes, there is a small touch of wood, but otherwise it’s completely odourless.”

Haukongo is the senior cultivator at the research group MycoHab and her job is pretty unusual. She grows oyster mushrooms on chopped-down invasive weeds before the waste is turned into large, solid brown slabs – mycoblocks – that will be used, it’s hoped, to build Namibian homes.

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CCC says delays and reverses under Rishi Sunak have left UK drastically off track from Paris commitments

The new Labour government must oversee a massive ramping up of renewable energy generation in this parliament or the UK will breach its international obligations under the Paris agreement, the government’s climate watchdog has said.

The Conservative government left the country drastically off track to meet its international commitments, despite setting the carbon-cutting target before hosting the Cop26 climate summit in Glasgow in 2021, the Committee on Climate Change found in its most recent annual report.

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Targeted government support will be needed to scale the supply of high-integrity carbon credits and to ensure strong demand and price premiums for these issuances, the OECD said in a report published Thursday.

The hatching of 60 eggs is a record for the endangered species in this century.

A Swedish biodiversity developer has partnered with the country’s main digital forest and timber marketplace to sell its biodiversity credits on the platform.

Either the federal government needs to boost its subsidies by tens of billions a year, or plans for renewable hydrogen to replace fossil fuels are just greenwash.

The post Renewable hydrogen: Superpower, or green mask for fossil super villains? appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Credits tied to single ecosystem services have the potential to drive corporate action in the emerging biodiversity market, as they could help companies effectively address their dependencies on nature, a consultant has told Carbon Pulse.

Leading e-waste processor will add solar recycling to its repertoire after getting financial backing to reboot a panel processing facility in NSW.

The post Solar recycling: eWaste outfit gets $5m equity boost to reboot panel processing plant appeared first on RenewEconomy.

Farmers will have to take on expensive responsibilities in the event of an emergency if the Coalition's nuclear policy comes to fruition, the government says.

The post Nuclear power plan puts thousands of farms in “radiation alert zone” appeared first on RenewEconomy.

RMIT engineers invent a new device that could offer a cheaper and more efficient method of seabed testing used to design offshore wind farms.

The post Australian researchers zero in on cheaper seabed testing for offshore wind appeared first on RenewEconomy.